Rail-clamp.



PATENTED SEPT. 27, 1904.

J. F. KELLY.

RAIL CLAMP. APPLIUATION FILED JAN. 28. 1904 NO MODEL .1. .1; WITNESSES gPatented September 27, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES F. KELLY, OF GALENA, ILLINOIS.

RAIL-CLAMP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 770,861, datedSeptember 27, 1904.

Application filed January 28, 1904. Serial No. 191,039. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, J AMES F. KELLY, a resident of Galena, in the countyof J o Daviess and State of Illinois, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Rail-Clamps; and I- do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

My invention relates to an improved railclamp, the object of theinvention being to provide improvements of this character in whichordinary railroad-rails are secured by my improved clamp, which compelsor permits ordinary spikes to be driven at an angle or incline and inopposite directions, thereby increasing their effectiveness.

With this object in view the invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, aswill be more fully hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in side elevationillustrating my improvements. Fig. 2 is a' top plan view, and Fig. 3 isa view in cross-section.

1 represents a railroad-rail of ordinary construction supported on ties2 and secured thereon by my improved clamping-plates 3. These plates 3each comprise a metal bar, adapted to rest on the rail-base flange 4 andhaving depending flanges 5 at their outer edge to be located against theouter edge of the base-flange and seat the clamping-plate in properposition, it being understood that similar clamping-plates are locatedat opposite sides of the rail. The shape of the clamping plate or platesis shown clearly in Fig. 1, each plate having an intermediate flatportion 6 inclining upward at its ends, as shown at 9, to receive theheads 7 of ordinary spikes 8 and having upwardly-projecting lugs 10 atthe ends to prevent the spike-heads passing over the same or the platefrom moving from under the heads.

In operation the plates 3 are placed on the base-flange 4 and spikes 8driven into the ties in opposite directions at an angle of twentydegrees, more or less, to locate the heads 7 properly over the inclinedfaces 9 and securely clamp the plate on the rail and I I claim as new,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A rail-clamp, constructed to lie upon a flange of a rail and havingtwo oppositely-inclined faces to receive the heads of spikes driven atan angle into the tie alongside the flange of a rail.

2. A rail-clamp, comprising a plate constructed to lie upon a flange ofa rail and having oppositely-inclined faces at its ends, to receive theheads of spikes driven at an angle into the tie and in oppositedirections alongside the flange of a rail.

3. A rail-clamp, comprising a plate adapted to fit against thebase-flange of a rail and having upwardly-inclined end portions toreceive the heads of spikes driven into the tie at an v angle inopposite directions.

4:. A rail-clamp comprising abar constructed to rest upon a flange of arail at or near the edge of the latter, said bar having faces near itsrespective ends, inclined toward the center of the plate and toward theouter edge of the plate.

5. The combination With a rail, of clampingplates on opposite sides ofthe rail, located against the base of the rail and havingupwardly-inclined ends, and spikes driven at an angle into the tie andhaving their heads engaging the inclined ends of the plates.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

JAMES F. KELLY. Witnesses:

H. L. HEER, JOSEPH M. NAoK.

